Dr. Sarah Yao is a board certified psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner specialized in managing the mental health needs of patients across the lifespan (ages 6 and up). Over the years, Dr. Yao has worked in both inpatient and outpatient mental health managing the emotional and mental health needs of a variety of patients. She had the privilege of managing the mental health needs of our veteran population at the Las Vegas VA Hospital for more than a decade as a student volunteer and eventually a nurse practitioner on the inpatient mental health unit. In her transition to private practice, Dr.